U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. (Photo public domain) In a little-noticed action, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit on Jan. 24 overturned a lower court ruling dismissing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a controversial federal law that holds websites criminally liable if found to “promote” or “facilitate” prostitution between consenting adults.
The lawsuit charges that the law passed by Congress called the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 known as FOSTA violates the First and Fifth Amendments of the U.S.
Constitution by criminalizing protected speech and expression and holding someone liable for an action committed before the FOSTA law made it illegal.
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